Simple past and past continuous tense exercise
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Simple past and past continuous tense: exercise
Complete the following sentences using appropriate simple past or past continuous forms.
Hints
To talk about a shorter action that happened in the middle of a longer action, we use the simple past. To talk
about two longer actions that were progressing at the same time, we use the past continuous.
1. As I ……………………… (open) my eyes, I …………………… (see) a strange sight.
2. While you ………………………….. (play) in the garden, I …………………………… (work).
3. As I …………………………. (walk) down the street, I …………………………….. Ann driving a Ferrari.
4. While they ……………………………….. (work) in the backyard, someone ………………………….. (break) into the house.
5. When I was a child, we ………………………….. (live) in Singapore.
6. When I …………………………. (sit) under the tree, an apple …………………………… (fall) on my head.
7. She …………………………… (look) at me as if she ………………………….. (know) me.
Answers
1. As I opened my eyes, I saw a strange sight.
2. While you were playing in the garden I was working.
3. As I was walking down the street, I saw Ann driving a Ferrari.
4. While they were working in the backyard, someone broke into the house.
5. When I was a child, we lived in Singapore.
6. When I was sitting under the tree an apple fell on my head.
7. She looked at me as if she knew me.
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